Display box



April 7, 1964 1.. D. YOUNG 3,127,987

DISPLAY BOX 7 Filed Sept. 21, 1962 INVENTOR. LEWIS DOUGLAS YOUNG ATTORNEYS United States Patent 3,127,987 DISPLAY BOX Lewis Douglas Young,Providence, 11.1., assignor to Douglas Young, Inc., a corporation ofRhode Island Filed Sept. 21, 1962, Ser. No. 225,196 3 Claims. (Cl.206-451) This invention relates to a display box of the type which isthe subject of my Patent No. 2,219,039.

One of the objects of this invention is to provide an improved hingingrelation between the cover member and body member of the box.

Another object of the invention is to provide a means of securing ahinge between the body and cover mem bers without the use of adhesives.

Another object of the invention is to secure a hinge between the bodyand cover members by the telescoping support member which provides forinclination of the body member when the cover member is opened and holdsthe body member in inclined position.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certainnovel features of construction as will be more fully described andparticularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings:

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the display box in open position;

FIG. 2 is a. perspective view of the box in closed position;

FIG. 3 is an exploded view illustrating the three parts of the box andthe hinge as attached to the body member;

FIG. 4 is a sectional view substantially centrally through the box inthe position shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a sectional view of a fragmental portion of the box in closedposition; and

FIG. 6 is a plan view of the hinge before being folded and showing thescore lines thereof.

In the formation of boxes, it is usual that the rectangular walls of theparts be formed by machine operation, and then when a hinging relationbetween the parts is desired as here illustrated, the assembly of theparts with the hinge is done largely by hand. Gluing which takes placefor securing the hinge in position such as shown in my earlier PatentNo. 2,219,039 was a time consuming and consequently costly operation,and in order to reduce this assembly time and cause the box to be lessexpensive, I have provided a hinge which may be stapled to the body ofthe box and then held in position in the cover of the box by the simpletelescoping of the supporting member onto both body and cover when inassembled position, and I find that friction between the members withthe hinge in place provides a sufficiently tight fit between the partsto secure the parts together, thus enabling this simplified operation.

With reference to the drawings, the body member of the box is designatedgenerally 10 and the cover member 11, while a supporting member isdesignated generally 12. The body member has a bottom wall 12' withopposite pairs of side walls upstanding therefrom. Thus, there isprovided the one pair of upstanding opposite side walls 13 and 13' andanother pair of opposite side walls 14 and 14'. These side walls are inrectangular relation providing a fence-like enclosure and also are atright angles to the bottom wall 12.

The cover member has a top wall 15 and depending pairs of opposite sidewalls 16, 16' and another pair of opposite side walls 17, 17'. Theseside Walls are also in the shape of a fence-like enclosure at rightangles to each other and at right angles to the top wall 15. The size ofthis cover section is such that the side walls 16, 16 and 17, 17 willtelescope over the side walls 13, 13' and 14, 14' of the body member.

The support member 12 is provided with opposite walls 18, 18' and 19, 19which are also in the shape of a fence-like enclosure and at rightangles to each other, while there is a bridging wall 20 extending acrossthese walls 18, 18 and 19, 19' at one of their ends leaving the oppositeends open. This support member is of a size and shape so as to telescopeover the cover member and the body member and fit rather snuglytherewith. The bridging wall 20 is substantially co-extensive with theside walls 17 of the cover as may be readily seen in FIG. 5.

A hinge designated generally 21 is shown in its blanked out form in FIG.6 where there is a score line 22 and a second score line 23. The section24 between the score line 22 and one edge 25 is secured to the bottomwall 12' of the body member (see FIG. 5) such as by means of staples 28with its edge 25 adjacent the upstanding wall 14'. The score line 22serves as a hinge so that the hinge section 26 is doubled back upon thesection 24 as seen in FIG. 5 where the hinge is then again folded atright angles along the score line 23, and the section 27 of the hingeextends along the bridging wall 20 and between the bridging wall 20 andthe depending wall 17 of the cover member. The fit relationship betweenthe support section 12 and the cover section is such that this hinge inthe position in which it is shown in FIG. 5 will be held snugly inposition without the use of or need of any adhesives or securing otherthan the friction fit between the parts.

The opposite side walls of the body member are such as to provide ashallow tray and sufficiently shorter than the downwardly dependingwalls of the cover member so that as swinging occurs between the bodymember and the cover member from closed position to the open position,the upper edge 29 of the body member will clear the top wall 15 of thecover member.

I claim:

1. In a box, a body member having a bottom wall and upstanding oppositepairs of side wall arranged in rectangular relation, a cover memberhaving a top wall and depending opposite pairs of side walls arranged inrectangular relation and of a size so that the side walls of the covermember telescope over the side walls of the body member, and asupporting member having opposite pairs of walls closed at one of theiredges by a bridging wall and with their open edges telescoping both bodyand cover members with its bridging wall substantially coextensive withone side wall of the cover member and contacting the same with theopposite pairs of walls of the support member extending a fraction ofthe extent of the top wall of the cover member in one direction and thefull extent in a right angular direction, a hinge secured to the bottomwall, thence doubled back on itself and extending along one of theopposite pairs of walls of the support member and thence between thebridging wall and side Wall of the cover member and there held inposition by a snug friction fit between the telescoped support and covermembers.

2. In a box as in claim 1 wherein said hinge is cardboard and scored toprovide a hinge line where doubled back on itself.

3. In a box as in claim 1 wherein said hinge is cardboard and scored toprovide a hinge line where doubled back on itself and also scored at itsjunction between the bridging wall and one of the opposite pairs of sidewalls.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS

1. IN A BOX, A BODY MEMBER HAVING A BOTTOM WALL AND UPSTANDING OPPOSITEPAIRS OF SIDE WALL ARRANGED IN RECTANGULAR RELATION, A COVER MEMBERHAVING A TOP WALL AND DEPENDING OPPOSITE PAIRS OF SIDE WALLS ARRANGED INRECTANGULAR RELATION AND OF A SIZE SO THAT THE SIDE WALLS OF THE COVERMEMBER TELESCOPE OVER THE SIDE WALLS OF THE BODY MEMBER, AND ASUPPORTING MEMBER HAVING OPPOSITE PAIRS OF WALLS CLOSED AT ONE OF THEIREDGES BY A BRIDGING WALL AND WITH THEIR OPEN EDGES TELESCOPING BOTH BODYAND COVER MEMBERS WITH ITS BRIDGING WALL SUBSTANTIALLY COEXTENSIVE WITHONE SIDE WALL OF THE COVER MEMBER AND CONTACTING THE SAME WITH THEOPPOSITE PAIRS OF WALLS OF THE SUPPORT MEMBER EXTENDING A FRACTION OFTHE EXTENT OF THE TOP WALL OF THE COVER MEMBER IN ONE DIRECTION AND THEFULL EXTENT IN A RIGHT ANGULAR DIRECTION, A HINGE SECURED TO THE BOTTOMWALL, THENCE DOUBLED BACK ON ITSELF AND EXTENDING ALONG ONE OF THEOPPOSITE PAIRS OF WALLS OF THE SUPPORT MEMBER AND THENCE BETWEEN THEBRIDGING WALL AND SIDE WALL OF THE COVER MEMBER AND THERE HELD INPOSITION BY A SNUG FRICTION FIT BETWEEN THE TELESCOPED SUPPORT AND COVERMEMBERS.